New program offers free libraries inside NYC bodegas. www.instagram.com/booksxbodegas/

My library is participating in the BigGive. 🎉 Top 2% ROI for low-income students. #72 of 3,410 U.S. institutions! Please share. Every dollar helps... 🙏 biggive.nyit.edu/organization... @craignewmark.bsky.social @hrheingold.bsky.social @dangillmor.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org @profgalloway.com

Big congratulations to my old friend Maciek Szczerbowski on winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short for The Girl Who Cried Pearls. Just incredibly well deserved. We are all so happy for you!

I once had the opportunity to speak with #NYIT Board Member Ernie Anastos about libraries. He was kind and gracious.

Valuable prompt design insight from Google NotebookLM cofounder Adam Bignell at #NextWave2025: Write down your expectations and compare them with the output.

Paul LeBlanc on the future of work: What we will want our physicians to do are the distinctly human things. #NextWave25

Worth noting that the National 6 yr completion rate is ~62%. #NextWave25

55% of Google searches are for non-degree programs. – Paul LeBlanc. #NextWave25

Bryan Alexander kicking off Ithaka #NextWave25. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-next-w...

ORCID just added 13 new work types, many of which allow librarians to claim credit for their work. info.orcid.org/new-work-typ...

@sagepub.com In addition to quantitative does "Sage Data" include qualitative data? If yes, how can it be isolated and identified in the database? If possible, tks! sagepub.libguides.com/data Ps. I looked but don't see this topic covered.

New project, Library Field, from Shannon Mattern and the New York Metro Library Council. libraryfield.org

Isn’t this the greatest. Dog stick library. 🐾

With finals approaching, it’s nonstop #3dprinting at the library. Tree supports are particularly interesting.

Libraries of Bluesky, we’re in this together. If you follow us, we’ll follow you back. This is the way.

Always a good list: Professional Development Opportunities in Educational Technology and Education For November 18, 2024 to June 2025, Edition #52 www.downes.ca/post/77266 #highered

One reaction to the election has been to prioritize non-profit news organization TruthOut in my feed reader. Here's the RSS feed: www.truth-out.org/feed?format=... About: truthout.org/about/

Live in NYC? 2 more days to submit ideas for Participatory Budgeting (through Nov. 15). rnd.council.nyc.gov/ideamap/map/

It’s almost gift guide season. Did you know that @unicefusa.org, the United Nations agency for children, has a craft market? market.unicefusa.org Let’s support this important organization over the holidays!

Exciting Dean of Libraries opportunity at New York Tech. Largest College of Osteopathic Medicine in the U.S. The most registered architects in N.Y. and Research 2 (R2) status by 2028. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37726021... #libraries #highered

Cory Doctorow on choosing between Bluesky or Mastodon. pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...

Wrapping up this year’s urban garden. Bahamian Goat peppers continue to be a favorite. Thai bird peppers and Thai basil should last through December.